Year: 2005

SoftRAID 3.3 released

SoftRAID, LLC has announced the release of SoftRAID 3.3, the latest version of its bootable RAID software for the Mac. Version 3.3 offers full Mac OS X 10.4 compatibility, as well as Mirror rebuild technology, moves towards Intel compatibility, and fixes several minor bugs including a conflict with Disk Warrior. In addition, this release improves compatibility with third-party SATA cards, enclosures, and drives. SoftRAID is priced at US$129.00 and is a free upgrade for users of version 3.x.

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TechRestore offers new iPod battery upgrade service

TechRestore has started offering a new overnight iPod battery upgrade service for all full sized iPod models. The service includes the replacement of the standard iPod battery with a TechRestore high capacity battery with up to 20-hours of playback time. The upgrade is available starting today at a cost of US$49.00 for iPod owners located in the continental United States. The service includes overnight pickup of the users iPod at their location, installation of a replacement high capacity iPod battery and return overnight shipping to the users location.

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Daystar Announces Lombard CPU Upgrade Kits

For Immediate Release

DAYSTAR ANNOUNCES ZERO-DOWNTIME “ENDUSER”
POWERBOOK LOMBARD G4 CPU UPGRADE KITS

Adds complete “DIY” upgrade kits to its popular line of Apple PowerBook G3
based upgrades.

Atlanta, Georgia – November, 6, 2005: Daystar Technology, an Apple Value
Added Reseller and Macintosh Solutions Integrator, today announced the
expansion of its XLR8 MAChSpeed G4 Lombard product offering.

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Macgamestore offers free Stubbs mini guide with pre-order

Macgamestore today announced a free Stubbs The Zombie mini guide from Prima (while supplies last). This game will be shipping at the end of November. “In this game, players take on the role of the rebel himself Stubbs, a wisecracking Zombie who takes on an ultra-modern city of the future using nothing but his own carcass and the weapons of his possessed enemies. The game’s tongue-in-cheek humor, innovative combat and strong storyline keep Stubbs the Zombie’s gameplay as bizarre and unpredictable as its namesake.

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Splasm Software releases Podner 1.0.1

Splasm Software today announced the release of Podner 1.0.1, a significant update to its fast and friendly iPod video formatting utility. Podner is a QuickTime-based iPod video tool to support MPEG mixed audio, allowing users to preserve MPEG audio in their iPod-ready MPEG-4 or H.264 output. This release also includes several interface enhancements and corrects a few frame rate and resolution issues. Podner 1.0.1 is free for registered users, and is US$9.95 for new users.

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